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Janac's Games #0.5
The Sniper
What will you do...?
The Sniper is a sensational SHORT STORY (12,000 words or about 40 pages) featuring the central character from Mark Chisnell’s ‘Janac’s Games’ thrillers; The Defector and The Wrecking Crew.
An empty clearing in the Vietnamese jungle in 1969. An explosive, complex and compromised war rages to the north and south, to the east and the west. Two men come to the clearing with a simple task in mind – to kill a man. A man who wants to visit his girl.
A simple task made dangerous and ultimately deadly by a startling intervention. Soon, US Marine Corps sniper, Paul Robert Janac has to look deep inside to survive a pulse-pounding jungle manhunt that will leave him with a life-or-death choice.
So what will he do, when...
This is the first of several stories that will follow Janac’s progress from the Vietnam War to drug trade dominance, to the place where we meet him in The Defector – these stories are the origins of Janac’s Games.
If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of people that have enjoyed The Defector and The Wrecking Crew, then you won’t want to miss the moment when it all begins to unravel for a good and decent soldier.
And if you haven’t yet read the ‘Janac’s Games’ books, this is a great place to start...
Reviews for The Defector
‘An excellent drug-smuggling thriller.’
The Bookseller
‘This is a remarkable thriller - chillingly violent, full of tension and with a very original ending.’
Publishing News
The Sniper is a sensational SHORT STORY (12,000 words or about 40 pages) featuring the central character from Mark Chisnell’s ‘Janac’s Games’ thrillers; The Defector and The Wrecking Crew.
An empty clearing in the Vietnamese jungle in 1969. An explosive, complex and compromised war rages to the north and south, to the east and the west. Two men come to the clearing with a simple task in mind – to kill a man. A man who wants to visit his girl.
A simple task made dangerous and ultimately deadly by a startling intervention. Soon, US Marine Corps sniper, Paul Robert Janac has to look deep inside to survive a pulse-pounding jungle manhunt that will leave him with a life-or-death choice.
So what will he do, when...
This is the first of several stories that will follow Janac’s progress from the Vietnam War to drug trade dominance, to the place where we meet him in The Defector – these stories are the origins of Janac’s Games.
If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of people that have enjoyed The Defector and The Wrecking Crew, then you won’t want to miss the moment when it all begins to unravel for a good and decent soldier.
And if you haven’t yet read the ‘Janac’s Games’ books, this is a great place to start...
Reviews for The Defector
‘An excellent drug-smuggling thriller.’
The Bookseller
‘This is a remarkable thriller - chillingly violent, full of tension and with a very original ending.’
Publishing News
40 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 24, 2013
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About the author
Mark Chisnell
36 books61 followersMark Chisnell has written 16 books, they’ve been translated into five languages and topped sales and download charts in the USA, UK, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Mark writes suspense and mystery thrillers, technical books on the art and science of racing sailboats, along with non-fiction books and journalism on travel, sport and technology for some of the world's leading magazines and newspapers, including Esquire and the Guardian.
Mark began his writing with travel stories, while hitch-hiking around the world. He got a job sweeping up and making tea with the British America’s Cup team in Australia in 1987 to earn the money to get home. He worked his way onto the boat as navigator and has sailed and worked with six more America’s Cup teams since then. He’s also won three World Championships in sailing, and currently runs the Technical Innovation Group at Land Rover BAR, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup team.
Mark now lives by a river in the UK with his wife, two young sons and a dog – whenever he gets a couple of minutes peace he can usually be found reading a Jack Reacher novel, or the latest from Michael Lewis or Malcolm Gladwell.
Mark writes suspense and mystery thrillers, technical books on the art and science of racing sailboats, along with non-fiction books and journalism on travel, sport and technology for some of the world's leading magazines and newspapers, including Esquire and the Guardian.
Mark began his writing with travel stories, while hitch-hiking around the world. He got a job sweeping up and making tea with the British America’s Cup team in Australia in 1987 to earn the money to get home. He worked his way onto the boat as navigator and has sailed and worked with six more America’s Cup teams since then. He’s also won three World Championships in sailing, and currently runs the Technical Innovation Group at Land Rover BAR, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup team.
Mark now lives by a river in the UK with his wife, two young sons and a dog – whenever he gets a couple of minutes peace he can usually be found reading a Jack Reacher novel, or the latest from Michael Lewis or Malcolm Gladwell.
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February 18, 2018
This only rates a three because it is a FSS. While it is descriptively written and you feel every nuance of the jungle it is only 44 pages long. Did I mention I hate short stories because I can read them in 30 minutes. Sigh.
August 16, 2017
Patients, persistents, patients, death.
Excellent. A book well worth reading. The art of tracking the most dangerous of prey, another human who is tracking you for the kill.
Excellent. A book well worth reading. The art of tracking the most dangerous of prey, another human who is tracking you for the kill.
January 10, 2016
Even though this is a short story, it is the best sniper story I have read.
A tense sniper on sniper encounter with both parties having one objective, to come out of it alive.
Well done to the author for producing such an atmospheric, realistic battle.
A tense sniper on sniper encounter with both parties having one objective, to come out of it alive.
Well done to the author for producing such an atmospheric, realistic battle.
May 13, 2014
nice!
April 7, 2016
Breve reseña,acción,aventura,suspenso, en difusiòn: Lectura para entretener, La emboscada. http://detodounpocomexpreso.blogspot....
May 11, 2024
Well written, exciting and hard to put down. 4.5 stars.
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